What we know
- Mass: 1200 kg
- Incline angle: 10°
- Friction coefficient (μ): 0.02
μ here is a rolling-resistance coefficient for a car on its wheels.
Step by step
- Given
- m = 1200 kg, θ = 10°, μ = 0.02
- Formula
- T = m·g·(sin θ + μ·cos θ)
- Substitute
- T = 1200 × 9.80665 × (sin 10 + 0.02 × cos 10)
- Result
- T = 2,275.272 N
All results
Open the incline tension calculator with these numbers → and change any of them.
The physics
A rope pulling a block up a slope has to fight two things: the component of gravity acting down the incline (mg·sin θ) and kinetic friction (μ·mg·cos θ), which also points down the slope while the block moves up. Add them and, for a rope parallel to the surface, T = m·g·(sin θ + μ·cos θ).
Standard acceleration of gravity →